Beavers dam up streams, experts say, to create their own wetlands. They

can swim and play in the lake they create.

Remember that when

you’re considering putting a measly gunite pool in your backyard this

summer. It will be big, and you will be busy getting it down, but no one will see it from space.

Later today: Buffy Witherspoon, prison accountant

Playoff live blog: We start 30 minutes before tip-off of tonight’s Game 3 between the Spurs and Los Suns. This is a must-win game for the Spurs, down 0-2 in a best of seven series. Here’s the deal: It ain’t a school night, so you should probably get your drink on pretty early in the evening. When the game’s over, we’ll either be happy drunks or angry drunks. But we will be drunk.